Parker v. Ethosenergy Power Plant Services, LLC, et al.

Filing 62

[DISREGARD see doc. # 64] ORDER granting 55 Motion for Attorney Fees signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 11/3/17. (Kaminski, H) Modified on 11/6/2017 (Kaminski, H).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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PHILLIP PARKER,
Plaintiff,

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Civ. No. 16-00238-WBS-AC

v.
ETHOSENERGY POWER PLANT
SERVICES, LLC., et al.,

ORDER

Defendant.

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----oo0oo---Defendants EthosEnergy Power Plant Services LLC

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(“EthosEnergy”) and John Wood Group PLC (“John Wood”) submitted

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separate Motions for Summary Judgment.

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both (Docket No. 49) and entered final judgment (Docket No. 50),

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defendants submitted cost bills.

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$267.13 (Docket No. 53) and EthosEnergy’s totaled $1730.38

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(Docket No 51.)

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Parker (“Parker”) with seven days from the date of service to

After the court granted

John Wood’s cost bill totaled

Local Rule 292(c) provided plaintiff Phillip

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object, and Parker did not object to either bills of costs.

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Rule 54(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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and Local Rule 292 govern the taxation of costs, which are

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generally subject to limits set under 28 U.S.C. § 1920.

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U.S.C. § 1920 (enumerating taxable costs); Fed. R. Civ. P.

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54(d)(1) (“Unless a federal statute, these rules, or a court

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order provides otherwise, costs--other than attorney’s fees--

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should be allowed to the prevailing party.”); E.D. Cal. Local R.

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292(f); Crawford Fitting Co. v. J.T. Gibbons, Inc., 482 U.S. 437,

See 28

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441 (1987) (limiting taxable costs to those enumerated in §

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1920).

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John Wood has requested $267.13 in costs based on

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services that were actually and necessarily performed, and

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EthosEnergy has requested $1730.38.

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and in light of the fact that plaintiff has not objected, the

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court finds the requested costs to be reasonable.

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costs shall be taxed against plaintiff in the sum of $267.13 for

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defendant John Wood and in the sum of $1730.38 for defendant

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EthosEnergy Power Plant Services, LLC.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

November 3, 2017

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After reviewing the bills,

Accordingly,